U.S.-listed shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSM) rose 4% in premarket trading Thursday after the world's largest contract chip manufacturer posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit and a bullish outlook for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:artificial intelligence (AI) demand.

TSMC, which supplies tech heavyweights such as Apple (AAPL) and Nvidia (NVDA), posted pr🍃ofit of 374.68 billion New Taiwan dollars ($11꧅.37 billion), a 57% year-over-year surge, or NT$14.45 ($0.44) per share. Analysts polled by Visible Alpha expected NT$369.15 billion, or NT$14.20 per share.

The firm, which posted revenue of NT$868.46 billion, up 39% year-over-year, had indicated the top-line number last week when it disclosed its 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:December monthly sales figures. TSMC also said then that its 2024 revenue came to NT$2.89 trillion, a 34% gain. 🌟;

"Our business in the fourth quarter was supported by strong demand for our industry-leading 3nm and 5nm technologies," TSMC 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Wendell Huang said. "Moving into first quarter 2025, we expect our business to be impacted by smartphone seasonality, partially offset by continued growth in AI-related deman🦩d."

TSMC Projects Q1 Revenue of $25B-$25.8B

TSMC sees first-quarter 2025 revenue between $25.0 billion and $25.8 billion; gross 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:profit margin between 57% and 59%; and operating profit margin between 46.5% and 48.5%. It also expect🎶s its 2025 capital budget to be ꧒between $38 billion and $42 billion.